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***The cost of lying to win | 63 comments (63 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The cost of lying to win (none / 0)

That already happened, kind of. The Budapest protest was the only 'permanent' one, and those at the TV building were dispersed in the early morning.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 04:26:11 AM EST
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Scanning news sites, I find that there are anywhere from a few dozen to one hundred protesters at the Parliament right now, and they expect another swelling of the masses by the evening, also with some countryside groups joining in.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:22:06 AM EST
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Re: The cost of lying to win (4.00 / 2)

Is there a tradition of giving people a free ride and a packed lunch to come from the countryside to demonstrate in the capital?

Franco was famously filled the Plaza de Oriente for patriotic rallies with a "bus and sandwich" strategy.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:45:49 AM EST
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Re: The cost of lying to win (none / 0)

There may or may not be free lunches and bus rides when right-wingers protest in the capital, I don't know, but I'm sure there are enough faithful to fill a place if Orbán calls without such promotion, and in this case, I (that is the interviewed protesters in my interpretation) only meant smaller groups of people from the hardcore.

BTW it happened multiple times earlier that right-wing peasants came up to Budapest with or without their tractors, for a protest rally or blockade.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Sep 19th, 2006 at 05:53:43 AM EST
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